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Barcelona’s Casa Vicens (1888), a unique oasis of calm with an Oriental and Moorish flavour, stands in the peaceful neighbourhood of Gràcia. The building is covered with spectacular green and white tiles and was Gaudí...

Designed by the Catalan modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner, this complex was built between 1901 and 1930. The Hospital of Sant Pau was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1997. This building it's...

This Cistercian abbey in Catalonia is one of the largest in Spain. At its centre is a 12th-century church. The austere, majestic monastery, which has a fortified royal residence and contains the pantheon of the kings ...

Tip: this park is very close to Parc de les Heures so it might be worth to plan a combined visit.
More information:
Parc del Laberint d'Horta fact file
More information about the park
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...

No work by Gaudí better encapsulates the complete and perfect harmony of nature and architecture than Barcelona’s Parc Güell. Initially designed as an English-style garden-city – hence the name Park – it eventually be...

No other neighbourhood in Barcelona better encapsulates traditional charm and vibrant modernity than Gràcia. Formerly a separate village, it now forms the core of the Barcelona’s 6th district, which also includes othe...

La Mercè is Barcelona's biggest festival, celebrated to honour the city's patroness saint, Mercè: concerts, traditions and family activities that you won't want to miss. It's celebrated between September 20th and 24th...

Highlights from the Annual International Gay Sitges Pride, featuring concerts, parties, parades and more. Sitges is just 30 minutes from Barcelona and is Europe's Nº 1 gay destination.
WHEN?: mid June
More infor...

Life's A Beach: Karuna is holidaying in Barcelona and this time she chills out in true Spanish style by the Nova Icaria beach (NDTV Good Times, India).
Other videos:
Beaches in Barcelona
La Barceloneta beach
B...

Photographic travel guide across the Art and Architecture of the city of Barcelona. Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia (Catalunya in Catalan language) and one of the Southwestern Europe's most important cities...

Montserrat is a mountain near Barcelona where a Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which host the Virgin Montserrat sanctuary and which is identified by some with the location of the Holy Grail in Arthurian...

Buying tickets from an automated vending machine located in any metro station. NOTE that if you pay with a credit card, the machine requires a PIN.
You're better off choosing the T-10 travelcard (a single physical ...

Info for clubbing:
18yo is the legal age to be considered a full grown up (drinking, etc)
No tennis shoes/sneakers -or whatever you call them in your neck of the woods. That's often something the bouncers will p...

Besalú(Catalan pronunciation: [beh-sah-loo]) is a town in the comarca (county) of Garrotxa, near Girona. The town's importance was greater in the early Middle Ages, as capital of the county of Besalú, whose territory ...

Welcome to Girona. This charming Catalan city is barely an hour from Barcelona and the Costa Brava, yet it receives nowhere near the number of tourists these busy centres draw. If you're traveling here, good for you; ...

Welcome to Catalonia!
Catalonia (or Catalunya) is a nation that covers an area of 32,000 km² in the northeast of Spain. It has borders with France and Andorra to the north, Aragon to the west and Valencia to the so...